Phonograph.



w, H. MILLER.

PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1908 Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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WALTER n. MILLER, or n es;

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1501i it may concern: .gBe itknown that I, WALTER H. MILLER, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Orange, in the county of Essexand State oft-New Jersey, have invented 'certain new useful Improvementsin Phonographs, at which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to phonographs and articularly to phonograph hornsand means gar supporting the same, and to an improved arrangementwhereby a permanently. positioned section of the horn may be connectedwith the movable reproducer; It has been mmmon heretofore to project thehorn forwardly from the machine and to'support it lnovably upon a horncrane or equ1valent-.-

device; Inforder to avoid'the' objections incident to this form ofarrangement of tzrn an to permit the'use of a horn sufficiently large toobtain the best reproduction, it has been proposed tomount a section ofthe horn rigidly'or rotatively upon some portion of .the machine or abracket connected there- -With and thus permit the horn to extend fromthe rearof the machine overthe ma-,.; chine and in front thereof; but inall such devices of which. I am awareit has been found necessary, n makng connections bemounted and the neck of the phonograph reproducer whichin the phonograph and tide a telescopic connection or its equivalenttween the horn so rigidly or rotativelyf t!" so that thecommunicationbetween the reproducer neck and' the permanently positioned horn sectionmay be maintained not- '=jwithstanding the jmovement of the repro-,ducer. These telescopic or-equivalent connections, so far as Iainaware, have been so arranged that bending and twisting. stresses havebeen imposed upon the telescoping parts. In a devicelconstructed inaccordance with my improvements all such bending and twistingand'similar stresses are eliminated and the telescopic "connection isenabled to perform. its function without stresses or strain of any kind.This'result is accomplished by rigidly and permanently connecting atube, refer-ably cylindrical in formt'and having th elements of itswalls parallel to one another, in such a position thatiits longitudinalaxis is parallel to the path traversed by the phonograph reproducer' inits movement transversely to the- 7 form of construction which willsecure result may be used, Wltlllllth scope of my NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR.TO NEW JERSEY PATENT NEW JEnsnY, A conronarroivor NEW JERSEY.

PHONOGRAPH. Y

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented NOV, 22, 1910.

Application filed May 1, 1908. Serial No. 430,259."

record surface. One end of this tube comif tapered telescopingsection-is connectedfwith the neck of the phonograph reproducer andtravels within-the cylindrical tube as the reproducer mores to and fro.Since 'the travel of the 'reproducer is in a line parallel to theprincipal axis of the fixed tube, the member connecting the tube to thereproducer neck snnply slldes back and forth' in the said fixed tube. instraight lines without creating any stress or strain of any nature? Itis desirable that the hollowmember which slides in thefixed tube be soarranged that it can be disconnected from the neck of the reproducer andfor this reason I construct the said sliding hollow member in suchafashion that it is capable ofQuniversal motion with respect to the tubewherein itslides. Any this inventionbutl have shown and prefer to makethe. sliding member tapering 1n form,

7 the smaller end being that communicatingv with the reproducer neck'andhaving the edges around'the opening in its larger end turned inwardsomewhat so as to form in thisneighborhood what is substantially a balljoint.

, 'In'order. that my invention may be more fully understood, referenceis hereby made to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this"specification and wherein the,

same numerals offreference areuniformly used to designate-the sameparts. j I

In the drawings Figur'el 1s a front elevational view, showing myimproved; horn and connections appliedYto aphonograph which latter isshown in dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is a detail sectionalview,showing-theslidable member for connecting the fixed tube and the reproducer neckinitsraised" position in which" it can be disconnected fromthe neck of thereproducer. y

In the drawings the numeral 1 indlcates the phonograph to which myimprovement is applied. I have-found it convenient to connect my rigidtube, which is arranged. "parallel to the path traversed bythe'phonograph .reproducer, to the phonograph by means of a bracketsecured to the rear of the phonograph and extending upwardly andforwardly and toward the end of the instru-' ment 'n su'cha manner thatthe rigid tube on the centrat-longitudinal line'of the in jl th' of tnated by the reference numeral t,v It is to be understood that, while Iprefer to provide the common supporting means for the mouth piece4 andthe rigid tube 3 in the neighborhood: of one end of theinstrum'ent andat a Shortdistance thereabove,'these devices may as that which I havedescribed and shown.

' "ed to the reproducer neck by ineans'of an elbow 7. iAn outwardlyprojectingbead 8 ber'fi, which fits fairly closely, although not tightlywithin the tube 3 is provided with tube3;

1 'may' be connectedliy'lan upward bend to the jend-gate: or place wherethe record is placed upon thgimandreli {The permanently posi- 1 tionedortion of. the :horn, which comprises the 'cpposite or upper. face-ofthe bracket and 18 preferably so mountedthat it may be connectedportionofthe horn which com- Tlie-operation of the device Will -be apparentfrom' th'e description already' gi'ven. As the phonograph is operatedthe traveling .drel-Iof'thephonograph. In this movement the slidablemember 6 iscarrifed with the. ,reproducer and telescopes'within the tube3- wlthout any-stress or strain other than the slight friction of-onebody} moving. in a right line lon itudinally within the other. Whenarecor hasbeen playedand'it is desired i tomovetliei-reproducer backto-' its original ashion, so'as, to 'diseggage the feed-nut lower faceof the bracket substantially strument and at the'bnd thereof oppositethe the 7 be ishaped mouth piece, is connected to made; to rotate in a.horizontal plane as is common.

The 1 I e reproducer' is indicated by the. reference numeral 3 and thepermanently tube which parallel-to the prises the bell shapedmouth-piece as desigbe supported from the phonograph cabinet by anyconvenientform of support, as well The member .for connecting the neckof the reproducer 5 to the cylindrical tube 3 is j designated-by thereference numeral 6. This hollow member is tapering in form and itssmaller end-is prefera ly removably connectis preferably formed .uponthemember-6 and serves to, determine the position of the elbow -7 thereon.The larger end of the meman inwardly bent lipgor flange 9 which makessubstantially a ball joint so that the member v G-m'ay' be moved to onesidevor upw-ardly as j shown in Fig. 2 without. disturbing thecominunication' e tween the member 6 and the carriage which bears therep'roducer having the neck 5 moves transversely to themanosition thereproducer is raised in the usual from thefeed-scremand is'moved towardmachine and subst ing 1 ducer, substantially as set forth.

g This specification signed and witnessed body 6 isipashedfbaekwardjwithin thetube 3 as the reproducer is retracted. When the ,reproduceris again; lowered so that the stylus will track the record the operationis repeated- It will be evident that with the device shown, ahorn. maybe used which may be as lar e as is desired, since when the horn isturne so as to be directedendwise of the phonogra h, as shown in Fig. 1the entire ength 0 serves asasugporting base for the horn and it would epractically im ossible to overturn this cabinet in alongitudinaldirection by the use of a horn of an reasonable v claim lr I 1. In aphonograph, thecombination with a permanently pos1tioned- ,horn.section, a movable re roducer, a fixed tube having its" longitudina axisparallel" to the ath of the movementlof the re roducer ancommunigositioned the phonograph cabinet' say eating with saidpermanently" positioned hornsection and a tapering tube attached to theneck ofthe reproducerfand adapted .to travel ina straight line withinthe said tapering tube and aving a rounded in wardly flan ed por ion atits larger end 'where it sli es within the said c lmdrical tube formingthereby J a, substantlally ball joint, substantially as set forth. 2. Ina honograph, the combination ofa permanent y positioned 'hornsection,supported substantially'centrally above oneend of thephenograph cabinet,:1 reproducer, a fixed tube communicating with said horn section andextend'ng longitudinally of the d n'tially parallel with the path ofmovement of the reproducer'an'd a tube having a roundedv inwardly,flanged portion at its inner end adapted to slide lon- "gitudinallydandoscillate-transversely of its axis in sai I means of connection withsaid r'eprothis 30th dayof April 1908. c I n mLLEn.

T WALTER -'Witnesses:

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